Cotton lint, ginned — Producer Price Index in Malawi
Malawi: Cotton lint, ginned — Producer Price Index was 133.84 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Cotton lint, ginned — Producer Price Index in Malawi, 1996–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cotton lint, ginned — producer price index in Malawi is 133.84, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — producer price index in Malawi peaked at 155.82 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 6.75, in 1996.
Malawi ranks 22nd of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Cotton lint, ginned — Producer Price Index in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6.75 | — |
| 1997 | 10.61 | +57.2% |
| 1998 | 11.58 | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 19.3 | +66.7% |
| 2000 | 25.09 | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 43.26 | +72.4% |
| 2002 | 50.17 | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 62.89 | +25.4% |
| 2004 | 78.74 | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 87.61 | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 89.49 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 79.53 | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 100.44 | +26.3% |
| 2009 | 141 | +40.4% |
| 2010 | 145.45 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 155.82 | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 115.54 | -25.9% |
| 2013 | 100.59 | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 104.33 | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 107.31 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 88.36 | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 98.27 | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 106.43 | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 117.4 | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 121.23 | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 123.75 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 126.57 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 130.4 | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 130.89 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 133.84 | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.06 | 6.75 | 19.3 | 4 |
| 2000s | 75.82 | 25.09 | 141 | 10 |
| 2010s | 113.95 | 88.36 | 155.82 | 10 |
| 2020s | 127.78 | 121.23 | 133.84 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 23.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 193.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 24.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 503.36 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 338,013 current LCU per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth -23.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth -24.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — producer price index in Malawi?
- Cotton lint, ginned — producer price index in Malawi was 133.84 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — producer price index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 155.82 in 2011.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — producer price index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.75 in 1996.
- How does Malawi rank for cotton lint, ginned — producer price index?
- Malawi ranks 22nd out of 59 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — producer price index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint, ginned — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.